Water-closet seat.



N0.';7: 3,791. v PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904. H. H. PHILLIPS.

WATER CLOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED 110v. 5, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WATER-CLOSET SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,791, dated June 28, 1904.

Application filed November 5, 1903. Serial No. 179,907. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 2

Be it known that I, HENRY H. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Closet Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of the seat of a watercloset provided at the rear of its opening with means for preventing fecal matters from lodging on and fouling the same, also for causing the draining of the seat, especially after being wet, (when in vertical position,) and for avoiding foul odorizat'i'on and the consequent discoloration, splitting, and rotting of the seat which moisture produces, while in other respects preserving the latter intact at the relative place.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an attachment for a water-closet seat embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a face View of a water-closet seat embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal vertical section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a water-closet seat formed of wood and excepting the feature of my invention applied thereto is of usual construction. The rear end of the bevel B of the opening C of the seat is cut away, forming the recess D, which extends from the inner wall of said opening toward the rear of the seat, forming an unobstructed passage between the walls E E of'said bevel for the descent of fecal matters, whereby the latter are prevented from lodging on the rear of the seat, thus keeping the relative portion clean to that extent.

F designates a shield formed of material impervious to Water and consisting of a curved flange or wall Gr and flat portion or plate H, said wall Gextending obliquely from the plate H and the latter having openings J, whereby the shield may be screwed or otherwise secured in position, it being noticed that the plate H is located on the under side of the seat rearward of the recess D, completely covering all parts of the latter and the portion of the wood beneath it, and the wall G depends from walls E E of said recess and has its forward or upper edge K contiguous to said walls, it being noticed that the body of the wall recedes or slopes rearward, and so does not obstruct the passage D, it being also noticed, as in Fig. that the seat is cut away on its un- ,der side rearward of the recess, so as to accord with the receding or sloping upper face of the wall G and receive the latter. Now when the seat is raised to utilize the bowl as a urinal the wall G is presented to the front and stands somewhat slanting, forming a splasher back of the recess and also a deflector, whereby any fecal matters that may be thereon or urine that may be directed against the same will flow downwardly into, the bowl without saturating and moistening the wood, thus draining said wall, and consequently the seat, the advantages of which are apparent, ashave been previously set forth.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction shown without departing from the general spirit of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in each case to the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A water-closet seat having in the rear of the opening thereof a rearwardly-extending recess, the same being formed in the bevel of said seat and a guard of the character stated depending from the seat atthe walls of said recess.

2. A water-closet seat having a recess in the rear of the opening thereof and a shield depending about the walls of said recess.

3. A water-closet seat having a shield provided with a wall" sloping downwardly and rearwardly from the rear of the opening of said seat, the under face of the seat receiving said wall.

4. In a water-closet seat a guard for the opening thereof consisting of a wall and an attaching-plate, said wall being adapted to depend from said opening.

HENRY H. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VVInDERsHEIM, S. R. CARR. 

